The Crows have a sense of family, handing former Blue Eddie Betts the No. 18 worn with distinction by his second cousin Graeme Johncock. Betts has moved one number up the order, saying goodbye to the No. 19 he wore for 184 games at Carlton.

"Stiffy (Johncock) sent me a text a couple of weeks ago saying, 'If you come to Adelaide, ask for the No. 18 and we'll keep it in the family'," Betts told the Crows' website.

"I asked the club about wearing the No. 19, actually, and they said it was the fans' number. I said, 'That's all right, the fans can keep their number'. I'm happy with whatever I get."

James Podsiadly has moved from No. 31 at Geelong to No. 1 at his new club, while Sam Kerridge has been promoted from No. 29 to No. 17. Rory Laird, formerly No. 46, gets Kerridge's old guernsey.

The Crows' top draft pick Matt Crouch has been handed No. 44 while fellow recruits James Battersby (43), Alex Spina (46) and Jake Kelly (47) will all start their careers in the 40s.

The Magpies have rewarded some of their emerging stars with big promotions up the jumper order. Sam Dwyer leaps from No. 41 to No. 2, Brodie Grundy jumps from No. 35 to No. 4 (last worn by Alan Didak) and Ben Kennedy showed enough in 12 games to move from No. 27 to No. 7 (previously owned by Andrew Krakouer).

The No. 18 worn by Darren Jolly before his messy departure has been handed to another former Swan Jesse White, and ex-Giant Taylor Adams will have a lot of new fans after being given the No. 13 locker last used by Dale Thomas.

Tony Armstrong will wear the No. 27 vacated by Kennedy and ex-Lion Pat Karnezis has picked up the No. 33 left by Jackson Paine when he moved to Brisbane.

The Pies' pair of top 10 draft picks Matt Sharenberg and Nathan Freeman will wear numbers 35 and 39 respectively.

The Bombers have wasted no time cashing in on recruit Paul Chapman, offering a signed No. 3 guernsey as a prize in a website competition. Chappy hasn't actually worn the number in battle yet, but the former Cats No. 35 is looking forward to taking the guernsey last worn by Scott Gumbleton and made famous at Windy Hill by club legend Dick Reynolds.

"It's something different, a fresh start, new colours and a new number," Chapman told the Essendon website. "I'm just really looking forward to the opportunity of playing in the No.3."

In other jumper news, Mark Baguley has been promoted from No. 46 to No. 12, Corey Dell'olio takes over the No. 29 previously worn by Alwyn Davey and former Giant Shane Edwards gets the No. 19 vacated by retiring ruckman David Hille.

Kurt Aylett (43), Johnny Rayner (45), Orazio Fantasia (46) and Patrick Ambrose (47) will all have to earn their stripes.

Colin Sylvia has given up the No. 12 he wore for 10 seasons as a Demon to be No. 4 at the Dockers. Scott Gumbleton will have No. 19 on his back and Matt Taberner gets the No. 20 last worn by new Demon Viv Michie.

Alex Pearce (25), Brady Grey (28), Michael Apeness (35) and Michael Wood (42) have all been allocated their lockers for next season.

GEELONG

No pressure on the Cats' group of draftees, with the club's top three picks carrying a combined 725 games' worth of experience on their backs next season.

Rising Star Award favourite Jack Martin must be good - he has already won a jumper promotion despite not playing an AFL game. Martin was No. 28 at the Suns last year, when he was allowed to play in the NEAFL as a 17-year-old, but will wear No. 4 in his AFL debut.

His former number has been taken by No. 5 draft pick Kade Kolodjashnij, and in other moves Timmy Sumner jumps from No. 39 to No. 3 (last worn by Jared Brennan), Andrew Boston takes over No. 13 after wearing No. 40 in his debut season, and draftees Jack Leslie, Louis Herbert, Sean Lemmens and Jarred Ellis will wear numbers 38, 39, 40 and 43 respectively.

GWS

The Giants are yet to announce their numbers for 2014.

HAWTHORN

Tim O'Brien is suddenly one of the Hawks' most popular players, going by the numbers on fans' backs. The young South Australian has taken over No. 23 worn by Lance Franklin before his defection to Sydney - and previously worn by club greats Dermott Brereton and Don Scott.

The Hawks have had a major jumper reshuffle, with former Saint Ben McEvoy taking the No. 7 vacated by the retired Michael Osborne, Taylor Duryea handed the No. 8 last worn by Xavier Ellis and Ben Ross landing the No. 21 left behind by Shane Savage.

Top draft pick Billy Hartung will start his AFL career wearing No. 40 (worn last year by O'Brien) and Tom Sicily (41), Dayle Garlett (44), Zac Webster (45), Kurt Heatherley (46) and Shem Tetapu (47) are also in the 40s.

Dandenong Stingrays winger Billy Hartung's speed and endurance should see him selected in the first round of the 2013 AFL draft, with St Kilda and Fremantle showing strong interest.

MELBOURNE

Another club with plenty of fresh faces, and new numbers, for season 2014. And the Demons don't subscribe to the philosophy of making kids earn a low guernsey number.

Star junior midfielder Chistian Salem has been given No. 3, former Giant Dom Tyson will wear Colin Sylvia's old No. 12, ex-Bulldog Daniel Cross has No. 18 and former Crow Bernie Vince will have No. 23 on his back next year.

Former Docker Viv Michie has been handed No. 22 and draftees Jay Kennedy-Harris and Jayden Hunt have 24 and 29 respectively.

Boom forward Jesse Hogan will join an elite club of players to wear No. 1 in their AFL debut.

New Demons Bernie Vince (left) and Daniel Cross.Source: Getty Images

NORTH MELBOURNE

Nick Dal Santo made No. 26 famous at St Kilda, but he will make a fresh start at the Kangaroos in a fresh number - the No. 15 vacated by Luke Delaney, who fittingly is now a Saint.

Father-son gun Luke McDonald will wear No. 21 next season, while South Australian midfielder Trent Dumont starts his AFL career in No. 14.

Former Tiger Robin Nahas has been handed No. 28, Mitchell Wilkins has No. 33, Joel Tippett will wear No. 36 in his third crack at the AFL (after stints on the Brisbane and Gold Coast lists) and Kayne Turner has No. 40.

Nick Dal Santo settles into his new home at Arden St. Picture: Wayne LudbeySource: News Limited

PORT ADELAIDE

Port fought tooth and nail to get Jared Polec to the club, and if you want to follow his progress look for No. 21 next season.

Shaun Hampson clearly wanted a clean slate when he left Carlton. The No. 22 he wore at the Blues was vacant at Tigerland but Hampson has taken the No. 16 vacated by Luke McGuane.

No. 22, worn last year at Richmond by Sam Lonergan, has been snapped up by former Lion Todd Banfield, while former Port Adelaide hard nut Matt Thomas has been given Robin Nahas's old No. 26.

Top draft pick Ben Lennon will wear No. 35 as a Tiger after the guernsey was vacated by Matt White, and former Sydney forward Nathan Gordon gets the No. 39 worn in two senior games by Tom Derickx, now at the Swans.

Former Hawk Shane Savage will wear McEvoy's old No. 5, Spencer White gets Kosi's old No. 23, Tom Curren has been promoted to the No. 26 made famous by Dal Santo and Josh Bruce inherits the No. 27 worn by fan favourite Blake, while Milne's old No. 44 has been handed to former Gold Coast midfielder Maverick Weller.

Top draft pick Jack Billings will wear No. 15, former Lion Billy Longer has No. 18 and the guy in No. 21 is former Kangaroo Luke Delaney.

Lance Franklin leaned on the little-known Swan to give up his No. 23 so the $10 million recruit could keep the number he wore at Hawthorn - for luck.

Franklin put a positive spin on Lockyer's move to No. 18, which he wore as a junior.

"I'm super excited to wear the number 23, Franklin told the club's website. "I wore it for a number of years at Hawthorn, so to get the number here at Sydney is something that I'm looking forward to wearing.

"He is starting again with No. 18, which is great for him.

"It's about just getting on a list or playing a game, your jumper number doesn't matter as long as you're playing football for the Sydney Swans."

Former Hawk Xavier Ellis will wear No. 18 as an Eagle, Tom Barrass gets the No. 37 last worn by Adam Selwood - now a development coach at the club - Malcolm Karpany has No. 39 and Dylan Main has No. 40.

New rookies Will Maginness and Rowen Powell will wear numbers 41 and 43 respectively.

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